The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, December 03, 1953, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text'olume 33, Number 49 Report to the People of Nahunta As your mayor for the past two years, going out of office last Wednesday,. Dec. 2, I wish to report to you in a general way concerning some of the affairs of the city. First, as to the financial condition of the city : Bank balances and bonds as of December 1, 1953 General fund $418,89 Water fund ' — — — — $3,135.94 U. S. Bonds —— $2,000.00 Total cash and bonds _— $5,656.83 For the information of our citizens, the $2,000.00 in U. S. Bonds was bought during my previous adminis tration as mayor of Nahunta. These bonds .have been drawing interest in behalf of the city for nine years, as they were bought in 1944 with surplus funds accumulated during the first year-and-a-half of my term then. As everyone knows who is any way connected with city, state or federal government, it takes a lot of money to meet the needs of the people for public services. The costs of all salaries, supplies and public utilities has increased tremendously in the last few years. For instance, the City of Nahunta paid ,$177.00 last month for one month’s bill for power and lights. The street lights in Nahunta are costing the city more than SIOO.OO a month at present. Power for the water pump is costing from $40.00 to $50.00 a month. Light bills for the city hall, the police station and the signal light is added to the above making the total more than $177.00 a month. Out of all fines and forfeitures of the police depart ment the mayor gets $2.00 each, the city clerk $2.00 each and $2.00 is sent in to the Peace Officers Pension Associa tion. Also, the sheriff is paid f 52.00 for “keys”, locking up a city prisoner, and $3.00 for meals, making $5.00 for every city prisoner locked up over night at the county jail. This makes a total initial expense of $ll.OO for every fine and forfeiture, if the defendant is placed in jail over night. In spite of the initial expense of $ll.OO out of every fine and forfeiture, the Nahunta police department has paid its own way during the last two years since the em ployment of police chief Bentley. In the latter part of my administration the mayor and council installed 12 fire plugs and ordered 500 feet of fire hose with nozzles so that the city may have facilities for fighting fires. The plugs are installed and the nozzles on hand but the fire hose has been delayed in delivery. It is my understanding that the present mayor and council will accept delivery of the .500 feet of fire hose, as it was reported shipped about three weeks ago. The mayor and council during my administration paid $1,100.00 for principal and interest on water bonds, NAHNTA SPLITS WITH PATTERN Boys Win 54-36, Girls Lose 71-38 The Wildcats entered the eighth game of the season Wednesday night, December »2, at the local gymnasium against Patterson. The Nahunta girls were defeated by the Patterson girls by a score of 71-38. The Nahunta boys led the Pat terson boys throughout the game ending with a score of 54-36. The Blackshear teams will visit Nahunta Friday night, December 11. Saturday night, December 12, the Brunswick basketball teams will visit Nahunta. The games will begin at 7:30. GIRLS Nahunta Patterson Raulerson, 23 Davis, 38 Williams, 4 . Crawford, 23 Highsmith, 6 Strickland, 10 Moody, 5 Aspinwall Wilson Thornton Brian Johnston Royster Stanfield Proctor Smith Davis .Crews Brown BOYS Nahunta Patterson Griffin, 9 Meadows, 3 Highsmith A., 11 Harris 9 Ham, 14 W. Dixon, 2 Chancey, 8 H. Dixon, 9 Cleland, 12 Boatright, 13 Highsmith*, C. F Smith Dußose E. Smith Crump I Enterprise WAW-WS FOR SALE Two pheasant hens and one rooster. See O. S. Barr, Nahunta, Ga., Box 32. FOR SALE Tobacco seed, cleaned, rested. Two leading varieties. Also 1240 good second-hand galvanized turpentine cups. If interested see Earl Stuckey, Route 2, Blackshear. Ph. 4734. 114 SHOE REPAIRING My shoe repair shop is now _o cated on the old public highway north of Nahunta in the colored section of town. I guarantee .my shoe repair work to be first class in every respect. I also repair lea ther goods of all kinds, including leather coats, mule collars and lea ther harness. Prices very reason able. Richardson Shoe Shop, Na hunta, Ga. 1210 Radios and Television Sets Repaired and Installed “You Know ‘7e Know Radic’’ PRECISIO> IAD»O SERVICE Phone 269 119 Albany Av'. W?v.ross, Georgiy If you want to post your 'and, get the signs from The Brantley Enterprise Signs read as follows: ‘Posted, No Hunfing or Trespassing Allowed”. Signs cost, only five cents - each. NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, Thursday, December 3, 1953 leaving an outstanding indebtedness on water bonds of only $1,500 plus accrued interest. These bonds were is sued in 1937 for the purpose of installing the city water system. My administration, mayor and council, did a number of things of which we are proud. Among the achievements I would like to name the following. 1. Built a police station that is a credit to a small city like Nahunta. 2. Employed a police chief and night policeman, both of whom are among the best peace officers in the state. 3. Bought a police police force. 4. Cooperated with the state highway board in get ting the street paved to the site of the new high school building. 5. Extended a number of water mains to motor courts, businesses and residences. 6. Opened up a number of new 7. Secured a second crossing tracks of the ACL Railroad. 8. Purchased a new and modern signal night for the highway intersection at Five Points. 9. Began negotiations with the ACL Railroad for the lease of the railroad’s deep well so that the city may se cure a “stand-by” well in case of emergencies. The new city council has expressed a willingness to complete this deal with the railroad. 10. Installed fire plugs and ordered 500 feet of fire hose. 11. Installed 22 new street lights, with larger bulbs and better lighting. 12. Installed many new ramps as approaches business places and residences. 13. Increased the city workers crew to give the citizens better services, such as garbage hauling, water installations and connections, ramp installations, street openings and improvements. 14. Collected, through an efficient police department, license fees from a number of “fly-by-night” peddlers and also from a number of responsible out-of-town merchants who were selling goods in Nahunta without paying the required license- fees. We doubtless made mistakes during the past adminis tration but the mayor and council of Carl Broome, Ira Brown, Bill Harris, Cecil Moody and Hoke Wilson did strive to give you good conscientious service. And I know I speak for them all when I extend heartfelt appreciation for all who made our successful administration possible. NEW CHEVROLET TO BE SHOWN FRIDAY, DEC. 18 1954 Model Cars Set for Display By 7,000 Dealers DETROIT, Dec. 3 — Chevrolet in troduces its 1954 model passenger cars Friday, December 18. More than 7,000 retail dealers na tionally will display a variety of body styles in events that range from annual open house to elaborate en tertainment programs. The showings come near the close of one of the company’s most suc cessful years. A statement by W. E. Fish, general sales manager, report ed 1953 retail sales will be topped only by the record-breaking volume of 1950, once again out-selling all other automotive makes. Fish described the new models as “greatly improved” and “fit succes sors to the cars that have led the industry in sales for 18 of the last 19 years.” “This is a record of popularity,” he pointed out, “that can be matched by few products of any kind in the last quarter century’s highly com petitive American markets.” The dealer exhibits will be held simultaneously across the country and follow the 1953 model pattern when two days rather than one were designated for "announcement showings.” Introductions will benefit from a broadscale advertising program which the company plans to con tinue throughout the next year. 1 car and good uniforms for tire Yours sincerely, CARL BROOME. PIERCE MAN DIES IN CRASH SOUTH OF ALMA David Q. Lynn, 32, Is Victim Os Auto Wreck David Quinton Lynn, 32, Rt. 2, Alma, wag killed instantly Sat urday afternoon when his auto mobile crashed into the rear of another vehicle on U. S. Highway One four miles south of Alma. State patrolmen from the Way cross station who investigated, said Lynn was driving at a high rate of speed. No one else was injured in the wreck. The native of Ware county had lived in the northwest section of Pierce county for about ten years. He was a veteran of World War II and member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Wilma Cason Lynn; his mother, Mrs. Sallie Lynn, Route 2, Alma; five sisters, Mrs. S. G. Bowen, Mrs. G. E. Henderson, Route 2, Alma; Mrs. Maggie Johnson, Waycross; Mrs. Aubrey Walker, Mrs. J. L. Walker, Route 3, Nic holls; a brother, James Edward Lynn, United States Air Force, Topeka, Kan. Funeral services were held at 3 p. m. Tuesday at Beulah Bap tist Church in Pierce county. Burial was in the church ceme tery. streets. across the east-west PM A Committeemen Election Dec. 15, Quota Vote Also Farmer community and county committeemen elections to be held December 15, take on added im portance with the Secretary’s an nouncement that a farmer referen dum on peanut and cotton market ing quotas will be held also on December 15 and that acreage al lotments will be in effect on cotton and peanuts for the 1954 crops. Committmen elected by eligible farmers December 15 will have the responsibility for the administration of price support programs and for the determination of acreage al lotments on all crops for which the allotments are in effect at the farm level. This will be cotton, peanuts, wheat and tobacco in 1954. “With these big jobs for county committeemen coming up for the next year it behooves every eligi ble farmer for his own good and the good of all the farm programs administered by the committeemen to get out and vote December 15.” County Committeeman George Dy kes declared today. FROST CAPTURES LIQUOR TRUCK AND DRIVER A 1952 Ford truck and driver car rying 48 five-gallon jugs of moon shine whiskey was captured by policeman Pat Frost of Hoboken Tuesday, Nov. 24. The driver who gave the name of Arthur Ryals, Jr., of Baldwin, Fla., and the truck were turned over to sheriff Friel Rhoden at Nahunta. Policeman Frost poured out all the liquor except one jug to hold as evi dence in the case. The capture of the liquor runner and truck was made on Route 121 in Hoboken. FOOD HANDLING CONFERENCE DEC. 8 AND 9 Safe Food Practices To Be Demonstrated Personei n-jm Brantley County’s eating and u, mxing establishments will nave aa opportunity to learn safe food v.-cuces at the Food Ser vice Personnel Conference to be aeld on Tuesday and Wednesday, December Bth and 9th at the Nahun ta High School Auditorium. This will be an outstanding oppor tunity for those who serve meals to the public. Mr. Ireland, local Sanitarian for the Health Department stated that hardly any of the eating establish ments in Brantley County will meet Health Department requirements at the present time. “We would like to improve the restaurants in Brant ley County so that they can com pete with other similar establish ments along this main tourist route. Although some of the establish ments have excellent equipment, the food handling technique of many of the employees is not as it should be for proper restaurant operation Mr. Ireland said. The management and employees of each eating establishment ii. Brantley County is urged to attenc .his course. LEGAL ADVERTISING November Term, 1953. Georgia, Brantley County. The appraisers upon applicatioi of Mrs. Louise Rawls, widow of sai< Hubert F. Rawls, for a twelv months’ support for herself bavin filed their return; all persons co cerned hereby are cited to shox cause, if any they have, at the nex regular December term of thi court, why said application shoul not be granted. This 3rd day of November, 1951 James N. Stewart, Ordinary. OFFICIAL ORGAN NEW NAHUNTA CITY COUNCIL TAKES OFFICE Same Police Force, City Clerk and Workers Appointed The new Nahunta city council was installed Wednesday, Dec. 2. at nine in the morning when the oath of office was administered to the new mayor and four aidermen. Fred F. Strickland was installed as mayor for a two-year term and the following were installed as ai dermen: J. Walter Creks, Ira Brown, Roy Dowling and J. D. Orser. Ira Brown was the only member of the previous administration holding o ver for the new term. The new council re-elected all the old city workers including the police force of chief Bentley and night officer Coleman, Mrs. E. T. Higgin botham, city clerk, and Rep Johns as street and water department overseer. COUNTY BUSINESS GROWTH SHOWN BY BRADSTREET The business growth of Brantley County was underlined this week when the physical count of names of businesses listed in the Novem ber 1953 Reference Book of Dun & Bradstreet was completed. The new count showed an increase of over 36 percent in the past seven years, according to Clyde L. Houk, Dun & Bradstreet’s manager at Jacksonville which covers, this area. He disclosed that in 1946 there were 47 rated businesses listed in the towns comprising Brantley County and the count of these same towns, in the new book showed 64. The Reference Book lists commer cial enterprises — manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, and other bu sinesses, generally those buying on credit. It does not, however, include some service and professional establish ments, such as real estate brokers, □arber and beauty shops, stocK brokers, etc. Thus figures for all businesses in Brantley County would be higher than the ones quoted above. ROYAL Theatre Nahunta, Georgia Monday to Friday 8:00 P. M. Saturday 7:00 and 8:30 P. M. PROGRAM Saturday, December 5 “Junction City” With Charles Starrett Mon., Tues., Dec. 7-8 “Wild Stallion” With Ben Johnson and Martha Hyer Wednesday, December 9 “Turning Point” With William Holden Thurs., Fri., Dec. 10-11 “Big Leaguer” With Edwin G. Robinson and Vera Ellen Saturday, December 12 ’ “Wanted Dead or Alive”